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We Choose

Choices, Death, Following Jesus, Life, The World

In the Middle-Earth stories The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, we encounter the story of Gollum. Gollum started out looking and acting…

Buried with You

Death, Eternal Life, Material Things, Wealth

Many funeral homes have information on their websites letting you know what objects you can be buried with. They even have coffins available with…

Why We Celebrate

Celebration, Death, Easter, Life, Mourning, Resurrection, Victory

There is already protocol in place for when the Queen of England passes away. One of the more interesting details is that the BBC…

From Tragedy to Triumph

Christ's Death, Death, Easter, Life, Resurrection, The Cross, Triumph, Victory

N. T. Wright explains the seed analogy that Jesus used in John 12. “Jesus’s death will be like sowing a seed into the ground….

The Louder Song: Listening for Hope in the Midst of Lament

Death, Evil, Hope, Lament, Lamenting, Pain, Patience, Perseverance, Reward, Sorrow, Suffering

In her book The Louder Song: Listening for Hope in the Midst of Lament, Aubrey Sampson shares her story of chronic, degenerative illness, the…

The Pervasiveness of Sin

Death, Sin, Sinful Nature, Temptation, The Heart, The mind

The power of sin shapes and colors everything. Author James B. Nelson links his alcoholism with the pervasiveness of sin. How he describes addiction and…

System Failure

Death, Design, Romans, Sin, Temptation

Using the example of a computer virus, writer Will Timmins writes on Romans 7: “Like a computer virus, sin has entered inside the system (‘living…

Shadows

Already And Not Yet, Christ's Death, Christ's Victory, Death, Eternity, Resurrection, Shadows, Victory

“Donald Grey Barnhouse, who was a pastor at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia for many years, lost his wife when his daughter was still…

The End In Mind

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, Daily Devotion, Death, Eulogy, God's Kingdom, interactive, Legacy, Paul, Self-Evaluation, Self-Examination, Stephen Covey, The End In Mind, Timothy, Values

What will be said of you when you die? We must live our daily life curating the legacy we leave behind, that it may…

Big Shoes To Fill

Authority, Big Shoes To Fill, Cloak, Death, Double Portion, Elijah, Elisha, God's Promises, God's Timing, J. Vernon Mcgee, Leader, Leadership, Leading, Loss, Mentor, Prophet, Prophets, Transfer

The transfer of leadership does not always happen as we plan or would prefer. But we must be prepared to take up the mantle,…

Into The Fire

Abuse, Addiction, Community, Death, Faith, God's Plan, Into The Fire, Others, Perseverance, Poverty, Preemeptive Love Coalition, Spiritual Growth, Testing, War

It is simple to talk about faith through the fire, but are we equipping ourselves now with the determination and willingness to advance His…

Before & After

Death, Destruction, Fixer UPper, God's Love, Grace, Life, Mercy, New Life, Repentance, Restoration, Salvation, Sin

This before-and-after photo comparison from the TV show Fixer Upper shows the incredible restoration of an old, dilapidated house (https://www.hgtv.com/shows/fixer-upper/fixer-upper-takes-on-a-vintage-tiny-house-pictures). This isn’t just an…

What God Has Done

1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 3:2, 2 Peter 1:10-11, Conqueror, Death, Eternity, Fear, God's Love, Gratitude, Micah 4:4, Mighty, Praise, Revelation 21:4, Strength, Victor

“It is not possible, wonderful Lord, to express in human speech the depths of our gratitude to God for the preciousness of the hope…

Gaining By Losing

Acts 13:47, Counting the Cost, Death, Eternity, Faithfulness, Hostility, Jim Elliot, Mark 16:15, Mark 8:35, Matthew 5:15-16, Missionary, Perspective, Romans 1:16, Sacrifice, Salvation

Jim Elliot was an evangelical missionary who attempted to reach out to a small Indian settlement in Ecuador with a team. Unfortunately, the entire…

True Nobility

2 Corinthians 5:17, Change, Character, Death, Ephesians 4:24, Galatians 6:15, Growth, New Creation, New Life, Nobility, Renewal, Romans 6:4, Romans 7:6, Sin, Transformation

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway This…

Sharing Grief

Comfort, Consistency, Death, Grief, John 14:1, Kindness, Lamenting, Loss, Matthew 5:4, Mourning, Presence, Psalm 147:3, Psalm 34:18, Revelation 21:4, Support

In a memorial service for five slain Dallas police officers, former President George W. Bush spoke, saying, “Those of us who love Dallas and…